Flaring in the North Sea has halved in the past four years, the industry regulator announced today. But analysis by DrillOrDrop shows that flaring at onshore fields reached record levels in 2022.
The reviewer of the government’s net zero strategy said he nearly left the Conservatives following the chaotic vote on fracking last year.
Key parts of government plans to crack down on protest were blocked in the House of Lords yesterday.
Routine flaring on oil and gas fields should be banned by 2025, a review of the government’s net zero strategy has concluded.
You can find out here how your MP voted in Labour’s plans for a law to ban fracking.
A Labour bid to introduce legislation to ban fracking was defeated this evening.
The shadow climate secretary, Ed Miliband, on a visit to the shale gas village of Misson in Nottinghamshire today, promised that a Labour government would ban fracking.
Keep up to date with July 2022’s news with our digest of daily updated headlines about the business, regulation and campaigns around UK fracking, shale, and onshore oil and gas.
Pregnant women, children, indigenous people, communities of colour and low-income neighbourhoods are disproportionately harmed by fracking, according to the latest review in the US of risks and damage.
Northern Ireland’s economy minister has proposed a moratorium on onshore oil and gas operations followed by legislation to ban it.
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